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Lazaro, Brilliant New Tenor, to Sing Tonight
RECORD VOTE EXPECTED IN TAx-BOND ELECTION
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“Aida,” Verdi's colorful, magnifi
cently spectacular Oriental opera,
though being presented for the fourth
time in Atlanta, bids fair to draw an
audience Wednesday night which will
equal that of the opening. For “Aida”
has never lost its charm. Thousands
have heard it again and again; it
holds the record for number of per
_formances in New York.
Atlantans familiar with “Aida” will
find especial interest in the fact that
an entirely new cast is to appear, not
one of the principal singers ever hav
\ing sung in the work in an Atlanta
performace, Several singers who have
never before appeared in this city
are in the cast,
Hipolito Lazaro, the Spanish tenor,
will sing Rhadames, the part former
ly taken here by Caruso and Marti
nelli. There should be a great mo-.
ment in the first five minutes of this
opera, which late-comers will miss,
when Lazaro sings th® famous “Ce
leste Aida.” The new tenor is espe
cially noted for the beauty and clari
ty of his high tones—ne takes a high
I flat with perfect ease, it is said,
and “Aida” will give him excellent
opportunity.
Margarete Matzenauer, one of the
Hest contraitos who ever has been on
the Metropolitan list, also is making
her Atlanta debut in “Aida,” singing
the role of Amneris, second only to
the title role in prominence. The part
has been sung here by Homer and
Ober.
The Aida will be Claudia Muazio,
the soprano who made her debut two
years ago and sang here in “Trova
tore” and “Tesca.” Mme. Muzio has
a powerful and beautiful voice, and
her dramatic interpretation of Tosca
two years ago gives assurance that
her Aida will ‘be well done.
Thomas Chalmers will be the bari
tone of the evening, singing Amonas
ro, the Ethiopian king. Mr. Chalmers,
an American, sang here several years
ago with the Boston Opera Company.
Jose Mardones, the basso who mada
such an excellent impression on Mon
day night, will be the High Priest,
Ramfis, in “Aida." Marie Sundelius
is cast for the brief but trying part
of the priestess. Roberto Moranzoni
will conduct.
Audience Sways to
Music by Faust
BY DUDLEY GLASS.
An audience not so large as that
of the opening night, but still almos‘
filling the big Auditorium, swaye
to the rippling measures of the ker
messe waltzes and the stirring beat
of the soldiers’ chorus in Gounod's
“Faust” Tuesday afternoon, the old
opera's second presentation "n Atlan
ta. It is a beautiful opera' with Its
succession of choruses, duets, trios
and solo arias, and it was beautifully
sung
Frances Alda, the Marguerite; Mar
tinelli," the Faust, and Leon Rothier,
the Mephisto, shared the honors of
the afternoon with the chorus. Le
nora Sparks sang the mezzo role
“of Siebel very well, indeed. Thomasg
C'halmers, as Valentine, was plainly
not at his best, though his naturally
fine baritone rang out well in the
trio preceding his death secene,
Mme. Alda was heard for the first
time as Marguerite, and when it is
said that she sang the role with the
same crystal clear tones and the
same artistry she gave us as Desde
mona, as Mimi and as Francesca,
nothing more is needed. The jewel
song sparkled anew as she sang it
and the delicate prison scene, heart
breaking in its pathos, was given
every possible beauty
Mr. Martinelli made a handsome
figure as Faust, and his singing of
the “salut demeure” at the opeinng
of the garden scene was splendidly
done.
Mr. Rothier, as Mephisto, was given
the best opportunity which has fallen
to hig veteran basso in higs many sea
sons in Atlanta. He sang with pow
er and sonmority. fNving the devil fhis
full due, and unlike the villain of the
melodramas, shared in the applause,
But, after all, it is the concerted
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{ prominent and popular Metropolitan stars. Above, left, Frances Alda and William J. Guard,
{ publicity representative of the great organizatinn; right, Giovanni Martinelli, who sang ‘‘Faust;”’
beiow, Raymonde Delaunois, the little Belgian singer, and her husband, twice decorated for valor
in fighting the Hun.
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S. H. Venable, the surviving mem
ber of the firm of Venable Bros., own
ers of Stone Mountain, has made the
sum of $459,652 in the ten years since
the death of his brother, William H.
Venable, it was shown before Attor
ney Arthur Heyman, as special audi
tor, in a hearing on proceedings
brought against Venable by his niece,
Mrs., Walter Roper, which neared its
close Wednesday. This evidence was
produced to show that Venable's con
duct of the business has been suc
cessful. The hearing before the au
ditor was to take evidence on the bill
for a receivership for the business of
Venable Bros, filed some time ago by
Mrs. Roper.
Venable also contended that he had
paid all of the debts on the firm, and
had turned over to Mrs. Roper and
her sister, the only children of his
late brother, the sum of SIOO,OOO. He
also made the point that the assets of
the firm on the day that Judge Pen
dleton, in Superior Court, named a
receiver, amounted to $120,478, exclu
sive of the Central Building, formerly
the Temple Court Building, and the
granite quarries at Stone Mountain
and in DeKalpb County.
Two of the questions to be deter
mined by the auditor are whether
Samuel H. Venable is entitled to any’
galary for his services to the firm, and
whether the law firm of C T, L. C.
& J. L. Hopkins, who filed the re
ceivership bill for Mrs. Roper, are
entitled to a fee out of the assets of
Venable Bros. Each side is contest
ing the claim of the other.
numbers which make “Faust” the fa
vorite it is. And there has rarely
been heard here anything better done
than the quartet in the garden scene,
the trio of tenor, baritone and basso,
and the great prison scene trio at the
end. And I can not recall anything
lovelier than the succession of love
duets which Alda and Martinelli sang
in Marguerite's garden,
The program was cut short and a
great deal of disappointment ecaused
by William J. Guard's announcement
from the stage that there would be
no ballet, as Mme. Galli had suddenly
become ill.
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Decatur Teachers
Want Increase, Too,
Decatur appears to be in for a con
test similar to that of Atlanta over
the question of financing the public
schools, as the Decatur teachers have
asked for salary increases that would
result in a deficit in the school fund,
A mass meeting has been called for
Thursday night to digpcuss the situa
tion,
Teachers in the grammar schools of
Decatur are paid salaries ranging from
S6O to $756 a month and the principals
receive SBS. In the high school the
salaries range from S7O to $lO7. It
is claimed that under present high
prices the teachers can not get along
on these incomes,
The Board of Kducation, of which
Dr. F. T. Hopkins is president, is
disposed to grant a general increase |
of ten per cent to the teachers, but
this would resuit in a deficit of $4,-
500. Some means of making up the
deficit must be found. There have
been guggestions of discontinuing the
high school and teaching only up te
the eighth grade, but opposition to
this plan ig expected,
N’I'UI.I": ONLY “Ll‘}l"'l';' SHOES
DAYTON, OHIO, April 26— Police will
have little trouble in tracking the thiel
who robbed the truck of dHenry oKhn here
and took ’mo worth of sumple shoes, They
were all for the left food. &
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1919
Special Buttons for
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Days in World War
That men who gave their sery
fces to the nation in the world war
may get proper credit after get
' ting back into civilian clothes, the
l Government has arranged to issue
a special lape! button to all officers,
| enlisted men, field clerks and mem
bers of the Army Nurse Corps who
served honorably on active duty
for a period of fifteen days at any
time between April 6, 1917, and No-
I vember 11, 1918. Members of the
| Students’ Army Training Corps are
not entitled to the buttons.
The markers will be known as
Victory buttons. They will be of
gilver for men wounded in action
and of bronze for all others. For
the present, they will be issued at
the time of honorable discharge and
to those who already havé been
discharged. Later they will be given
to men still in service,
Those who were discharged be
fore the buttons were available may
secure them by mailing to the sup
ply officer of the nearest military
post, camp or station, including a
recruiting station, their original
discharge certificate or a true copy
thereof, prepared on a special form®
provided for the purpose. Neces
sary blanks for the copies of dis
charges muy be obtained from sup
ply officers or the War Department,
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At 10 o'clock Wednesday morning
the indications were that fully 9,000
votes would be cast in the election to
decide upon the proposed issue of
$1,000,000 in bonds for public im
provements and the restoration of the
tax rate to $1.50. It appeared that
I.n heavy vote would be polled in each
ward. As an example, 150 voters had
cast ballots in A Precinct of the
Third Ward at 9 a| m., compared to
25 votes by the same hour in the
M#%ch election.
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With a record registration for a
bond election, 15,481, Atlanta voters
started to the polls early Wednesday
to say whether or not a bond issue of
$1,000,000 shall be authorized, and
whether the city ad valorem tax rate
of $1.25 per SIOO will stand, or be in
creased to $1.60 to allow the Board
lof Education to improve the schools.
} Concern was expressed by W, H.
| Terrell, member of the Board of KEd
ucation from the First District, that
opposition of negroes to the tax in
| crease would defeat the project. The
~defeat of the increase at the first
.M«-(-linn was laid to this quarter,
|‘ “l was the first person in the First
Ward to cast a vote for the bonds
'and tax increase,” said Mr. Terrell.
%"\\'hilo I was at the polling place
| twenty other voters came, most of
| them negroes The latter voted
| without exception, against the tax in
llrt'il.\'"
| “The negroes carried in several
| instances, marked ballots. In other
cases they voted without hesitation.
If this start is pursued, the $1.560 tax
{is killed as far as the First Ward is
concerned. It is up to progressive
’cit:ena all ovqr Atlanta to rally to
i the cause of schools afd vote for the
|lncreale. The negroes seem to be
! satisfied with conditions.”
; The polls opened at 7 o'clock Wed
’nesday morning and will remain open
iuntll 7 p. m. Early indications were
(that Atlanta’'s heaviest vote in 4
lelection of this character would be
polied, and city officials expressed
‘\-unfldence that both issues would be
lcarried by substantial majorities.
| The bond election decides the pro
{posed issuance of $500,000 in bonds
{for improvements at the waterworks,
lincluding pumps, a new coagulating
"basin and additional reservoir space;
SIOO,OOO for the erection of a suitable
bullding to house the historic pieture
of the Battle of Atlanta, now in a
|fmme building at Grant Park; SIOO,-
000 for the motorization of the At
lanta fire department, and $300,000 for
an electric generating plant at the
city crematory, to enable the city to
utilize 2,000 horsepower of jteam now
gcing to waste at an annual loss gsti
mated at $560,000,
The proposed tax increase would!
previde an additional revenue of ap
proximately $500,000 for the city gov.
ernment, but tihe school dc-purlmenl‘
is to be the main beneficiary if the
issue carries,
The Board of Education will be
given an increase of $250,000 per vear,
with which it is intended to give the
teachers an increage in salaries, to
erect new bulldings and to improve
conditions generally.
For the bond issue to carry there
mugt be approximately 8,000 votes ia
favor of t‘t’lf issue. The State law
governing hind Issues provides that a
proposed fssue must have a two
thirde majority of ithose voting, this
two-thirds to constitnte a majovity
of the regist-atfon. The estimat: of
come members of the city's campa''n
committee that there will be 2,000
votes agamst the bonds means that
10,000 voters must visit the polls,
which is 1,600 mere than voted at
the mayoralty campaign last year,
when the city was secthing with a
hot eampaign.
The hope of the city's committee is
that through proper civic interest on
the part of Atlanta citizens, and the
work of a large number of girls, who
will use the telephone all day, a suf
flgient number of voters wiil be drawn
to the polls. If only 7,000 votes are
cast and all of them are for the
honds, they will be defeated,
Only a majority of the votes cast
is necessary to carry the tax increase,
but a heavy opposition.is expected to
this measure.
Issued Dally and Entered as Second-Class Matter ai
the Postoffice at Atlanta Under Act of Mar ch 3,187 f
(By International News Service.)
PARIS, April 12.—The Bagarian
Red army is now reported to be com
manded by two former officers in the
German army-—Baron Seller and the
Prince of Wied, said a dispatch from
Zurich to The Petit Journal today.
(By International News Service.)
COPENHAGEN, April 23,—Czecho-
Slovak troops invading Hungary are
moving swiftly upon the capital, and
at latest advices from Vienna were
but one hour's march from Budapest.
The Czecho:Slovaks have reached
Veiocksen.
Troops of Four Nations
Fighting Hungarian Reds
(By International News Service.)
GENEVA, April 23.—('zecho-Slovak
and Serbian troops have begun to
advance into Hungary, it was report
ed from Vienna today.
Troops of four nationalities are now
fighting the Hungarian reds, Rouma
nians, Poles, Serblans and C(zecho-
Slovaks.
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Say Sioux City Mayt\' i
And the . W.W. Must Go
‘ (By International News Service.) ‘
| SIOUX CITY, IOWA, April 23. Ai
imn\nmvm is under way here today to
i"nterlmll_\' get rid of the 1. W.. W.
and Mayor W. M. Short,” after the
breaking up by Sheriff Jones and
' more! tifan 100 deputies Federal
agents and railroad detectives of the
session of the agricultural section of
‘the I. W. W. National Convention
here late vesterday
| The Sheriff, leading the deputies
and ether officers, entered the hall
where the |. W, W, were meeting and
ordered the place closed, the conven
tion “"permanently closed,” and, after
ordering the delegates to “get out of
the city in a Purry,” confiscated some
of the records of the I. W, W
. The Sheriff broke up the “wob
blies” meeting when he was told u‘
mass meeting of citzens was being
arranged to drive the I. W, W, out of
the city
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’W hites and Blacks Clash |
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In Chicago’s ‘Black Belt
(By International News Service.)
CHICAGO, April 23 A riot detail
\ur 100 policemen are today on duty m}
Chicago's black belt on the South
Side to prevent a renewal of hostili
ties between white and negro resi
dents of the section during which one
negro was shot probably fatally and
more than a score of whites and ne
groes were injured last night
I The trouble started when several
[ negro boys attacked five white young
l\h-l‘« playing in the street early In
the evening Parents of the white
| boys protested to the negroes and a
!wun- or more fights followed, in
. which clubs, bricks and guns were
ix!sv'll freely, ending only when police
reserves were rushed to the scene
}.m:i arrested fifteen
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‘Body of Mrs. Seawrigh}
] s Yy Ros
~ Will Be Sent to Hiram
1 The body of Mrs., Octavia Sea
)wr‘um_ wife of J. R, Seawright. Al
derman from the First Ward, who
| died Tuesday at her residence. No
’ 192 South Forsyth street, will he sent
|to Hiram Wednesday afternoon at 3
l o'clock
| Besides her husband, Mrs Sea
' wright is survived by four sons. H
I[' Cyrus 8., of Jacksonville; Pat 1.,
L ensign in the navy, and Dr., Chester
| Seawright of Favetteville one
' daughter, Mrs. Delma Goode of
' Memphis. Resolutions expressing the
regrets of City Council, who decided
to attend the fuyvrul in a body, were
adopted Tuesday afternoon.
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The Jingles in
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E-The Headlines
By HARVE WESTGATE. !
HE nations that would rule§
T the world (at least, it so ap
pears to me) are (‘lutchintg
at each other’s throats, for some
how they can not agree; Old John
ny Bull gets out his club, and then
Old Rome gges tearing loose, un
til it looks to me, by gum, as if
they'd kill the Golden Goose. While
cannon roared and war was on,
the nations helped each other out,
and when the Teutons came in
view they massed their men and
won each bout; but now that
pedce is in the air and they have
cinched each bloody fray, the vie
tors fight among themselves, and
5 pull some rough stuff every day.g
; The voters will decide, by jings,
§ just what Atlanta's going to do;
’they're going to show us where
gwe're at, and what this burg is
: coming to; they'll vote some cash
; for decent schools (if I can read
{ the signs aright), but if they fail
; they'll rue the day and leave us in
{ an awful plight. And now the wire
men of the land are going to drop
their keys and quit, and show to
Mr. Bur-le-son they've got a kick
within their mit; but if they strike
I'll lpse my job, and pine away and
get the blues, because, you see, 1
could not get a single line of jingle
news,
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By MRS, CECIL CHESTERTON.
(Exclusive Cable by the International
News Service and The London
Daily Express.) )
WARSAW, April 22 (via London,
April 23).—*1 sghall never sheathe my
sword until Poland extends from the
Baltic to the Black Sea,” declared
General Haller, commander of the
Polish troops who have just arrived
here by rail from France. A great
crowd waited all night to welcome
the soldiers and they were given a
rousing ovation. Peasants and aris
tocrats stood shoulder to shoulder and
cheered, |
General Haller, addressing the‘
crowd, said:
“Poland has not yet obtained her‘
ancient frontiers and I am here to
take Danzig, Sllesia and Orava at thel
point of the bayonet.” |
A British officer, who accompanied
the Poles, said the Germans were!
hostile while the troops were cross
ing Teutonic soil. At one point the
Germans concentrated a number of
machine guns against the train, as
though to open fire, and it was with
the greatest difficulty that the Ger
mans were made to withdraw them.
Germany May Balk
At Dictated Peace
By H. J. GREENWALL,
(Exclusive Cable by the International
News Service and The London
Daily Express.)
BERLIN, April 22 ,via London, April
23).—There Is talk in official circles
today that “"Germany will not sign a
dictated peace and will unlikely sign
a negotiated peace.”
Maxamilian Harden, the well-known
German editor, declared in an inter
view that while the Germans may be
unwilling to sign the treaty, the
blockade will bring them to time.
It is regarded as unlikely in some
circles that the present government,
headed by Premier Philip Scheide
mann and Count von Brockdorff-
Rantzau, will remain in power, It is
not so stable now as it was originally
and George Dernburg is known to be
‘planning a coup to make himself die
tator
. Various factions have established
Cpolicies” regarding the future of Ger
'many, The group, headed by General
‘lh'rnn:n‘dl, favors seeking American
help, while Scheidemann has leanings
toward the British.
As to Bolshevism, Count von Bern
storff is strongly opposed to it, while
(‘ount von Brockdorff-Rantzau is
lukewarm toward it
Premier Philip Scheidemann, asked
today as to the outlook for commun
ism in Germany, said
“Will the Allies renew the block
ade and starve Germany? If so an
archy and Bolshevism will sweep
over us and then perhaps to France
and England, If we are not entirely
ruined by the peace terms the situ
ation in Germany will develop,
“We are ready to sign a just peace,
If France must have coal equivalent
,lu what she lost we are ready to
;rm.h- coul Jur ore, but the Baar Val
ley must rémain German. Alsace and
Lorraine will yote to go to France
if a plebiscite is taken. But we want
the question settled for all time.”
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'~ LLONDON, April 23—The Japanesd
delegates have resolved to withdraw
from the peace conference if theirsde
mand for Kiao Chau is not satisfied
before the Germans arrive at Vere
sailles, according to an Exchange Tel.
egraph dispatch frem Paris today.
The Japanese, say the correspondent,
are insisting on an immediate deci
sion,
By ROBERT J. PREW,
Staff Correspondent of the I. N. S,
PARIS, April 23.—Revelution wiil
sweep Italy, accompanied by Bole
shevism and the collapse of the pres
ent Ministgy at Rome, if the Italian
delegates are forced to return to
’Rome with the decision that Fiume
is going to Jugo-Slavia instead of
\}taly. according to a prediction made
today by Dr. Scarfolgia, editor of the
newspaper Mattino, of Naples.
“Fiume has a total population of
32,000, of whom 27,000 are Italians,”
sald the editor. '
“The other 5,000 are mostly Croates.
We must firmly decline to leave the
fate of the Italians to \the Jugo-
Slavs. We were prepared to make
the port free, giving the Jugo-Slavs
‘equal shipping rights, but we can not
agree that either the city or the port
'be placed under Jugo-Slav rule,
Greed Is Charged.
. “The splendid harbor works were
built by the Italians and the secret
of the whole fight is the Jugo-Slavs
desire to seize a ready-made harbor
and save themselves the trouble of
improving ome. There are fourteen
Adriatic ports we are willing to leavy
in the possession of the Jugo-Slaws.
“Italian public opinton is emphat
fcally hostile to any arrangement
which would leave the Serhians and
Croatians the slightest vestige of ‘an
thority at Fiume, If the debegates.io
not agree to any decision this week,
our delegates probably will go home
and explain to the people they were
unable to gain satisfaction regamd
ing their aspirations. If Premier Or
land o and Baron Sonmine return to
Rome with this answer, or an wn
satisfactory compromise, the Govern.
ment will fall and the country wery /
likely will be plunged imto revolution,
Unless the conference promptly rec
ognizes the force of public opindon,
this question will force Bolshevism
into Italy. Hitherto we were con
fident this would not happen, but if
it does the movement may spread
rapidly and increase the danger
threatening the whole of Europe,”
Clemenceau Has a Word,
~ Premier Clemenceau regards the
Fiume problem as one of the meost
acute the conference has taken up,
Discussing it after a eonference with
Premier Lloyd George and Premier
Orlando, he said:
“Fume is a harder question to sete
tle than the Saar Valley, Maybe the
people will now recognize that we
French are not so unreasonable after
all.”
~ Japan's territorial demands i China
are proving nearly as vexing as the
Italian demand for Finme. The Chi
nese have lodged a long petition with
the peace conference, asking that the
Japanese be forced to turn back Kiao
("hau and the railroads occupled after
hho- Germans were driven from the
| region,
- Teh Ttalian Jugo-Slav dispute over
Fiaume is constantly getting graver,
The Matin stated today in discussing
‘!lns momentous problem. The French
press is unanimous in pointing out
the sgeriousness of this matter and
its possibilitie, “It is impossible to
exaggerate the importance of Pre
mier Orlando’s withdrawal from the
sessions of the big four,” sald The
Journal,
The Petit Parisien ealls it “a ré
grettable situation.”
“With Italy to the End” 1s the head
which The Victoire puts over an are
ticle
rVi('tor_v for Italy on
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Fiume Claim Is Seen
‘ WASHINGTON, April 23, —ltaly
will be given Fiume by the Allies,
rather than see her desert the peace
conference, the Intrnational Naws
Service learned from an authorita
tive gource today
Advices received here made it plain
that Italy will not be allowed to withe
draw from the conference hocauss
her action would upset the peaes of
ilv)-u'u]w. Her threats to quit R ¥
been taken sg